Chapter 10- The Trip:

Jade/Data:

It was pretty nice of the host club to do this little trip. I was pretty sure that Kyoya only agreed to it because James was upset with them as well and it would lower sales. So a way to get James happy was to make me happy. Trust me, I was defiantly happy. The beach was pretty awesome. They even had a few tables set up that had some food and drinks. I never had a chance to go the beach when I was alive and I knew it wasn't exactly the same thing since I was only a ghost in disguise, but it… it felt nice.

I died because my friends didn't care. Not to mention that the bastard that… that faked friendship and then… I couldn't even think about. My past memories were not going to spoil this- no, nothing would spoil this. It may be my Death Day, but I will not relive the way I died or anything that happened before then that was bad- not again. I relived it on my first Death Day- it was why I vowed to never be sad on my Death Day ever again…

I just couldn't help but wonder that if I had friends like Host Club when I was alive, would I be dead now? At that thought, I realized that I did think of the Host Club as friends- to a degree. I was glad that they were there for James and I- even if they didn't know that much about us.

"This is really awesome, you guys didn't have to do this," I said with a smile.

"But we wanted to," Haruhi said, "I mean, you were pretty angry the other day so we had to make it up to you somehow."

James was standing in a bit of a huff, probably angry that he didn't think of giving me a party.

"Well, go change in your swimsuits," Hikaru assured, "We have plenty of choices for you to choose from!"

"I packed my own, thanks though," I smiled.

When I came out of the changing rooms, I was dressed in my swimsuit- a bright purple bikini. I had my red hair pulled into a ponytail and most of all- I wore a giant goofy smile on my face.

"Uhh… Jade… I can't find my swimsuit," James said from the other changing room.

"Try looking under the towel! I know I packed it!"

Oh, I totally knew I packed it- how could I forget packing that swimsuit.

"JADE! WHY IS IT THIS SWIMSUIT!?"

I started to laugh,

"Because it's my favorite!"

"….I hate you."

"No you don't~," I sang, "~You know you love me~"

James finally stepped out of the changing room- making everyone erupt into a fit of laughs, chuckles, and giggles. Well Kyoya and Takashi were just smirking. James was bright red; he was almost as red as the hearts on his bright green swim trunks that read I (heart) Jade all over it.

"Okay, okay," I laughed, "There's another pair in the other pocket of the bag!"

"Thank you," James mumbled as he went and changed into his normal gray swim trunks.

"GAH! HELP," I cried out desperately.

"You brought this upon yourself," James declared as he tossed me into the ocean. I pouted as I got soaked.

"No fair, you haven't even jumped into the water once!"

"And I don't plan to, glasses, remember?"

I stuck out my tongue. I stopped when I felt a small zap on my finger where the ring was. I furrowed my brow- surely Clockwork was smart enough to know that this would happen so he would make it water proof…

"This is pretty cool," Haruhi said as she drank some of the coconut juice, "A lot better from the last time we went to the beach."

"It's pretty awesome," I agreed.

We giggled as we lay on their towels under the shade as the guys were messing around in the water. Well James was actually sitting at the table, reading- how he managed to sneak a book to the beach, I would never know. Tamaki was in a water gun war with the twins. Hunny was swimming with Takashi watching over. Kyoya was at the table, writing in his notebook.

However, then the twins looked like they were up to something. I kept a watchful eye as they gave a drink to James. Soon after, he was… dopey.

"Jade," James whined, "We have to do something~"

He plopped down beside me and laid his head on me lap. I raised an eyebrow and looked to the twins.

"What did you give him?"

"Just a drink," Hikaru answered innocently.

"Jade," James asked, "Why is the sky blue like a poet's sorrowful soul? Shouldn't it be a happier color? Maybe white as a pure snow or like an angel's wings? And what about your eyes?"

"My eyes?"

"Yeah… they're red sometimes, but right now they're as green as shined emeralds- which makes sense since you're like my treasure.~"

That is seriously sweet, I thought, but I was still looking at the twins.

"Okay, whatever you put in drink made him all… whatever this is," I gestured to the loopy James, "And… it's kind of funny."

I started to laugh and the twins joined me. Kyoya sighed as he pushed up his glasses,

"Tell me you did not just get a host member drunk?"

The twins shut up and paled when Kyoya glared at them.

Once the effects of alcohol were out of his system, James had a raging headache and he wasn't happy at either the twins or me. We were all gathered around the table at Kyoya's beach house for diner. Long gone were the swimsuits in exchange for some casual, comfortable clothes. Haruhi sat beside Jade and Kyoya. James was on the other side of me and beside him was Hunny and Takashi. Then it was the twins and finally, Tamaki- who was across from Haruhi.

I was reading the book that I had put in the overnight bag. I absently ate at her food and drank as I read- unaware of James' scolding until Haruhi poked me in the side. I looked up startled.

"… And you just let them give me that drink," James scolded.

"No, you took the drink all yourself once you drank it there wasn't much I could. I didn't know it would make you loopy."

"And that's supposed to make you feel better?"

"No, I'm just stating facts," I kissed his cheek, "if you want something to make you feel better, you were a cute drunk."

He turned red slightly and the twins laughed.

"Man, you are very poetic when you're drunk," Hikaru laughed.

"Yeah, but you could tell you were drunk," Kaoru added.

James grumbled slightly.